Sondland Says Trump Conditioned White House Meeting on Announcement of Investigations

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🗓️ 20 November 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, tied President Trump directly to conditioning a meeting with the Ukrainian president with "a public statement from President Zelenskiy committing to investigations of Burisma and the 2016 election." In this episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, and Justice department correspondent Ryan Lucas.

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